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PHIL 240 - Human Nature


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 HU

New Course Added April, 2007.

Many religious, ethical, and political views depend on claims about an intrinsic human nature. In recent years scientific psychology, neuroscience, medicine, and evolutionary biology have accumulated data that challenge many of these claims.  This course examines several conceptions of human nature (including the “evolutionary psychological” conception) and the relevance of scientific data to whether humans have such a nature. Enrollment Limit: 30.

 
Instructor: P. McInerney
Prerequisites & Notes
3 Hours in Philosophy.


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